We're Now Official Bloggers!

Well...we did it! I finally gave into the constant pressure from friends and family to start a blog. I don't really know why, though! I don't know what to do with these things! Who really wants to read about us? I guess plenty of people, though, because I'm sick of all the harassment. So here it is!

Quick catch up on us...
Brett and I met in Utah at BYU. Brett had been home from his mission in Puerto Rico for almost a year and I was a brand new freshman straight out of high school. :) We actually met before school even started. A friend of mine had a brother who served his mission with Brett. Anyways, we started out as a big group of friends but after a few months, our relationship started to progress to something more. After dating for a few months, Brett thought it would be wise to come to Arizona for Christmas to meet my family. My family didn't even know we were dating, so I'm not quite sure what possessed him to make such a bold move! Regardless, while in Arizona, we took an eventful trip to the sand dunes in Yuma, where I proceeded to crash my quad and re-break my ankle that had previously been broken and repaired with surgery. Long story short, Brett ended up pushing me, in my wheelchair, through the snow around BYU for the semester. I think this is really what solidified our relationship! :) In March Brett proposed, knowing there was no way he could keep me to himself while we were apart all summer, unless we were engaged. We got married in July of '04 and set up our home in Orem. I entered the Dental Hygiene program at UVSC that fall and Brett continued to work on his bachelor's from BYU. We both graduated in April of '06 (on the same day, at the EXACT same time!), and Brett was accepted to start medical school at Midwestern University in Glendale, AZ that fall. I was thoroughly ecstatic to be moving home and out of the snow! We now live in a beautiful home in Peoria, AZ, a few minutes from Brett's school. Brett is done with his first two years of medical school, and has now moved out of the classroom and into the hospital as he starts rotations. I work at a nearby dental office cleaning teeth and visiting with patients that I absolutely adore. We've been married for four years and are loving life (and each other!). We are extremely blessed for everything we have.

Now, instead of trying to blog exactly what we've been up to for the last 4 years, I thought I would just let pictures tell the story. It was hard for me to pick just a few pictures to recount everything (considering I have over 5,000 pictures just from the last 4 years!), so I went through every year and picked several to represent each year. You all know I am a little camera crazy so I had plenty to pick from. Hope this helps catch some of you up that we haven't heard from in a while. For the rest of you, sorry to bore you, but don't worry, I'm sure I'll have new posts soon!